Spare batteries solve could solve poor battery problems of *any* camera, but a poor camera is a poor camera no matter how many camera or battery you carry. Unless, you have religious affiliations to one brand or the other.

The point I make is when you buy a small camera with a small battery, then you will have shorter battery life. Different models may last by some small margine longer or shorter, the difference between models are not that big, given bigger differences in features they have. It's not like one lasts all day and the other lasts 1hr. As such, it is a meaningless to point out which one lasts longer by a marginal value. Even bigger cameras in the winter need a backups...

A mediocre camera with a great battery life is still a lousy camera no matter how many spare batteries you carry. But a good camera with a poor battery life is a great option with spare batteries.

stevez: This cracks me up. We spend our money on light weight carbon fiber tripods and now have to carry an extra 3 pounds to stabilize them.

Don't forget the benefits of low weight of the bag when empty, it leaves you plenty of strength to carry a 3lb jug of water to fill it when it is needed. Now, if they made a jug that was really light when empty and was only $45, I could buy even a lighter tripod and carry more water in that jug. Imagine what good photos I could take...

Generally, I like panny products. But this one is totally useless if you want to use it in condition that claims to be for. I am a WW kayaker, and this TS line of cameras are just garbage in terms of ergonomics. Try to press that tiny video button with a neoprene gloves. I have lost so many chances with ^*(^%$ piece that I'm seriously considering the GoPro. Coming back from trips everyone has something to show, and I have these fuzzy fuggy things that I can't show....

Stefan66: I would really like to see a comparioson between the LX100 and the GX7 with the nice 12-35 f2.8 lens because that was the camera I was going for as a walkaround camera before LX100 showed up. I am curious about the lens comparisons, price not taken into account. I know the GX7 / 12-35 f2.8 path is more expensive, what I am curious about is, would it be worth it?Cheers!

@ LaFonte & ChrisLumix

I like Gx7 for its high quality and versatility, and I like LX7 for its size and quality.

Next time if I decide to upgrade LX7, I'll find something that replace the LX7 characteristic, LX100 is too big. And if panasonic does the same thing to GX7, then they lose me as a customer there too. I'm not a dummy that just swings in the air. I understand they aim at the low end consumers, but that market is very very flaky, and will not save the day for any brand.

There are plenty of examples of big Corps. making foolish decisions. Producing too many product lines in one sector has never been in any companies' long term benefit, it is an extremely short sighted strategy.

Stefan66: I would really like to see a comparioson between the LX100 and the GX7 with the nice 12-35 f2.8 lens because that was the camera I was going for as a walkaround camera before LX100 showed up. I am curious about the lens comparisons, price not taken into account. I know the GX7 / 12-35 f2.8 path is more expensive, what I am curious about is, would it be worth it?Cheers!

"...The point of the GX7 is to be small...."

No, the point of Gx7 is to be a mft, and that' what it is. LX100 is muddying the waters, and be small. I have GX7 and LX7 and both have their purpose and cover all the senarios. I don't see myself upgrading to lx100, as good as it may be. The camera manufacturers are shooting themselves in the foot as they have done so many times in decades past

Leica makes a good point with this camera, and a daring move. Maybe theiy make a simplified version(not limited production), and for a lower price than the regular one.

I wish I could configure my cameras to my liking and disable all the damn screens and buttons. On every shoot, I have to double check all my settings to make sure something stupid has not changed, even though, I shoot raw, somethings are irreversible after shoot....